Modern American History
January 11/12, 2016
Woody Guthrie: Who is he? Why is he important?
CNN Student News… What is "Roaring" today? How might historians describe the decade we are currently living in?
Roaring 20's Prezi
Red Scare Game
John Green... Why Learning is Awesome
January 13/14, 2016
Bessie Smith! How did she become the "Empress of the Blues"?
Limiting Immigration & Labor Unrest pg. 414-418
CNN Student News... Historical Themes!
Roaring 20's Video... Record/Sketch 20 Concepts pertaining to the 1920's
20’s Presidents Warren Harding vs. Calvin Coolidge…Who is the best President? Who is the worst President?
January 15/19, 2016
20's President Warren Harding vs. Calvin Coolidge...Who is the best President? Who is the worst President?
-Harding Read Ch. 12, sec. 2, Coolidge Read Ch. 12, sec. 3
Route 66 National Parks Website
Route 66 Documentary
-Assignment: Make an Travel Itenerary for a Road Trip from Chicago to Los Angeles on Route 66. Identify 10 Sights to See and include a description of the place and a picture. Try to have at least one sight from each of the 8 states Route 66 Passes Through.
January 20/21, 2016
Flagpole sitting?
Changing Ways of Life Role Play Chapter 13 section 1
-Prohibition
Who tended to be supporters of prohibition at this time? Why did they support it?
Who tended to be opponents of prohibition at this time? Why did they oppose it?
Why was prohibition repealed?
-Fundamentalism
Who were Darrow's main supporters? Why did they support him?
Who were Bryan's main supporters? Why did they support him?
What was the outcome of the case?
The Scopes Trial: Reader's Theater
January 22/25, 2016
How to Dance the Charleston!
1920s Advertising/World War One Propaganda
The Harlem Renaissance Crash Course & Powerpoint...pg. 452-457
Education and Popular Culture...how is this similar to today? pg. 446-451
The 1920s Women...how and why did young women change the rules and shed new roles at work and home? pg. 440-441
Roaring 20's Quizlet
January 26/27, 2016
Louis Armstrong
Roaring 20's Quizlet Test
Newsela Article Analysis
Join Modern Black IV Newsela
Join Modern Orange I Newsela
Join Modern Orange 3 Newsela
Join Modern Orange 4 Newsela
Roaring 20's Interpretations Test
January 29/February 1, 2016
Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Bing Crosby
What Caused the Great Depression? DBQ
-background essay
-document analysis!
February 2/3, 2016
Great Depression Crash Course
What Caused the Great Depression? DBQ
The Grapes of Wrath Movie Analysis!
February 4/5, 2016
Great Depression Smart Songs
What Caused the Great Depression?
-Document Analysis
Grapes of Wrath Movie Review
February 5/8, 2016
What Caused the Great Depression? DBQ (Finish)
Grapes of Wrath Movie Review
February 9/10, 2016
Finish Grapes of Wrath...Discuss
February 16/17, 2016
What Caused the Great Depression? Essay
-complete an outline of What Caused the Great Depression
-write a 5 Paragraph Essay explaining What Caused the Great Depression. Write in Word. Should be one full page single spaced. 12 pt. font.
-include information from the What Caused the Great Depression DBQ, the Grapes of Wrath, and your textbook Ch. 14 section pg. 464-471
-Paragraph #1: Explain what the Great Depression is and write a thesis statement explain three main causes of the Great Depression
-Paragraph #2: Explain one of the causes and give at least 3 examples from documents, the movie, and the textbook
-Paragraph #3: Same as Paragraph #2 with a different cause
-Paragraph #4: Same as Paragraph #1 and #2 with a different cause
-Paragraph #5 Recap the three main causes of the Great Depression and explain why they matter today
-Drop in McVey's Dropbox for your class when you are done!
Upfront Magazine Article: You Have the Right to Remain Silent
-read the article on pg. 18-21
-complete both sides of the worksheet
-turn in the magazine and the worksheet when done.
February 17/18, 2016
Kahoot.it Great Depression
What caused the Great Depression? Essay + Finishing touches
Riding the Rails Documentary
-Why did these teenagers leave home? What did they experience?
-Write a letter home from the point of view of a teenager during the 1930s who has run away to ride the rails. Explain why you left and what you are experiencing. What are your hopes? What are your fears?
Great Depression Quizlet
February 19/22, 2016
What is the New Deal?
Roosevelt + Uptown Funk?
Crash Course New Deal
-write down 5 opinions you have about The New Deal
Hoover vs. Roosevelt
-write down 5 accomplishment each person had during their lifetime
-write down 5 actions each took during their presidencies
FDR 1st Inaugural Address
-write down 5 connections, questions, or interpretations that stand out from this famous speech
Great Depression Quizlet
February 23/24, 2016
How the Chicken Built America
Great Depression and New Deal Odds and Ends...TVA, Hindenburg, War of the Worlds, American Gothic, etc.
Great Depression and New Deal Quizlet
February 26/29, 2016
Take Great Depression and New Deal Quizlet
World War Looms (Ch. 16) How did the rise of dictators contribute to the outbreak of WW2?
Dictators Threaten World Peace
-Joseph Stalin
-Benito Mussolini
-Joseph Stalin
-Hideki Tojo
-Francisco Franco
How does the United States respond? How is FDR like and unlike these dictators?
The Century: America's Time, Over the Edge Video
March 1/2, 2016
World War II: PreQuiz
Dictator Discussion
World War II: PowerPoint
War in Europe
-causes
-sequence of events
-German advances
-Battle of Britain
Winston Churchill
March 3/4, 2016
War In Europe Quiz
The Holocaust Powerpoint
Pyramid of Hate
Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Introduction
March 7/8, 2016
Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie
-viewing
-discussion questions
March 9/10, 2016
Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Discussion
Sophie's Choice Reading
America Moves Toward War (16.4)
-Great Arsenal of Democracy
-Lend-Lease Plan
-Intervention or Isolation?...A Just War
March 11/14, 2016
WW2 Kahoot it
Dr. Seuss and World War II
Intervention or Isolation
America the Story of US: World War II
March 15/16, 2016
America the Story of US: World War II
Pearl Harbor
FDR's Speech
Kenji
Japanese-American Internment Article
March 21/22, 2016
Ancestory.com... what I learned
Finish Japanese-American Internment
-Korematsu v. United States pg. 596-597
Mobilizing for Defense Ch. 17.1
War for Europe and North Africa Powerpoint
World War II Map Simulation
March 23/24, 2016
CNN Student News
War in Europe Powerpoint
March 29/30, 2016
Finish War in Europe Powerpoint
The War in the Pacific Powerpoint
Should the United States drop the Atomic Bomb? Debate
March 31/April 1, 2016
The Most Dangerous Book in the World? Article
World War II Quizlet
World War II Review
April 4/5, 2016
America the Story of US: Superpower
Cold War Prezi
-Origins of the Cold War 18.1
April 5/6, 2016
The Cold War Heats Up 18.2
-China Becomes Communist
-the Korean War
-MacArthur vs. Truman
April 8/11, 2016
The Cold War at Home (18.3)
-HUAC
-Hollywood Ten
-Alger Hiss
-Ethel and Julius Rosenburg
-McCarthyism
The Second Red Scare
April 12/13, 2016
The Century America's Time! Happy Daze
The Postwar Boom (Guided Reading and Assessment
-Postwar America
-The American Dream in the Fifties
-Popular Culture
-The Other America
Little Boxes
The Space Race
April 18/19, 2016
Cold War + 1950s Quizlet
Kennedy and the Cold War
JFK Inaugural Address/Berliner Speech
1. Was the speech clear?
2. Did Kennedy leave anything out?
3. To whom is he trying to appeal?
4. What message is he getting across?
5. What worries or concerns him?
JFK/LBJ Acrostic
April 20/21, 2016
The New Frontier and the Great Society Prezi
-The New Frontier
-The Great Society
-The Warren Court
April 22/25, 2016
The Space Race
Obama in Cuba Article
Finish up The Great Society
1960s Interview
1960s Video Timeline
April 26/27, 2016
1960s Open Book Test
Civil Rights Dreams and Dreamers
The Rosa Parks Story
April 28/29, 2016
The Rosa Parks Story
Civil Rights Dreams and Dreamers
May 2/3, 2016
Discussions
-The Rosa Parks Story
-Civil Rights Dreams and Dreamers
-1960s Interview
May 4/5, 2016
I Have A Dream Speech
-Analysis
-Found Poem
Protest Music Final Project Introduction/Worktime
May 6/9, 2016
King and I Poetry Slam
Vietnam War
-Introduction
-Causes
-Why did the U.S. Get Involved?
-Should they have Gotten Involved?
Protest Music Assignment
Kennedy & Johnson, Civil Rights and Vietnam War Quizlet
May 10/11, 2016
Unpinned Video
Protest Music Assignment Work Time
May 12/13, 2016
Equal Rights Amendment DBQ
May 16, 2016
America the Story of US Millenium Story of US
Finish Final Project
May 17/18, 2016
Present Protest Music
Decades Activity
Study for Final
May 19, 2016
Final Test for Black 4
May, 20, 2016
Final Test for Orange 4
May 24, 2016
Final Test for Orange 1 & Orange 3
MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY SEMESTER FINAL QUIZLET
Semester Test Quizlet Study Guide
Roaring 20s
Great Depression/New Deal
World War II
Cold War and the 1950s
Kennedy & Johnson, Civil Rights and Vietnam War